Drowsing Tyrannodon
Creature — Dinosaur
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
As long as you control a creature with power 4 or greater, this creature can attack as though it didn't have defender.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Core Set 2021
- Price
- $0.15
- EDHREC rank
- #20770
Drowsing Tyrannodon is a 3/3 for two mana — strong stats on paper — but that body only comes online if you control a creature with power 4 or greater, which means it's conditionally a 3/3 and unconditionally a 2/1 when the condition fails. Decks that reliably field large creatures early will find it passable; everyone else should skip it.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Drowsing Tyrannodon sees essentially no competitive play across any format, and the reason is the same everywhere: the enabling condition is too fragile. In Commander, go-wide green stompy decks can meet the threshold, but a 3/3 for two is unremarkable at a table where threats scale to 6/6s and above. In Pauper, commons that require setup to reach baseline stats lose ground to unconditional beaters at the same cost. Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer have enough efficient two-drops that a conditional 3/3 never makes the cut.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.15 bulk tier
At $0.15, Drowsing Tyrannodon is deep bulk — expect to find it in a common box or pulled from a bulk lot. Bulk commons at this price point don't hold value or appreciate; this one is fine to grab as a filler piece and not worth tracking.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.